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Why is the amount of daylight longer in the summer and shorter in the winter?
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∙ 11y ago
The answer is slightly more complicated than this, but in general the tilt of the earth's axis, causes the northern hemisphere (United States) to point at the sun. So if you imagine standing on the north pole you would feel the suns rays hitting you because you are tilted toward the sun. On the contrary in the winter the Northern Hemisphere is now in a location due to having orbited around the sun, that it is tilted away from the sun. So now the suns rays don't hit the northern part of the earth due to it being at such an extreme angle pointed away from the sun. I'm sure you can search the internet and find a visual of this concept.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoSince the Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.1°, the amount of sunlight reaching different latitudes changes as the Earth orbits the sun. The Northern hemisphere experiences summer when it is tilted towards the sun, and winter when it is tilted away from the sun. Conversely, the Southern Hemisphere experiences summer when it is tilted towards the sun, and winter when it is tilted away from the sun.
During the autumnal and vernal equinoxes, the length of day is equal for all latitudes. At this point in the Earth's orbit around the sun, it is still tilted at 23.1°, but nether hemisphere is pointed towards or away from the sun.
Interestingly, during the aphelion (when the Earth is at a further distance from the sun), the Northern hemisphere is experiencing summer; and, during the perihelion (when the Earth is at the closest distance from the sun), the Northern hemisphere is experiencing winter.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThe days aren't longer themselves, they still have twenty-four hours in them. What is longer is the amount of daylight - this is because the sun is more directly overhead than at other times of the year. This is because the Earth spins on an axis which is not perpendicular to it's angle with the Sun.
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∙ 10y agoThey aren't - winter days are shorter.
That's because of the Earth's tilted axis.
As we orbit the Sun, the axis tilt is sometimes towards the Sun and sometimes away.
It's tilted "towards" in the northern hemisphere when it's tilted "away" in the southern hemisphere.
When the tilt is "away", it's winter in that part of the world.
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThat's the wrong way round.
The days (periods of daylight) are longer in summer.
That's because the Earth's axis is tilted and the Earth orbits the Sun.
There's more daylight in the summer (in the hemisphere where it is summer) because the tilt is toward the Sun, during that part of the Earth's orbit.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe tilt of Earth on its axis means that parts of the Earth in the hemisphere tilted toward the Sun (either northern or southern, except at an equinox) will be in sunlight during more of the Earth's rotation.
(You can demonstrate this with a globe, or with any sphere on which you have marked a north and south pole.)
When a hemisphere (northern or southern) is tilted toward the Sun, it is summer. In the other hemisphere it is winter.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agothe days are longer because:-
the orbit of the earth is elliptical and it is nearer to the sun.
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∙ 13y agoSummer daylight is longer than winter daylight because when earth is near the sun, some countries have winter.
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∙ 12y agoIt's due to Earth's tilt on its axis. It's tilted closer to the sun during the Spring and Summer months.
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoNo. Days are longer in the summer because of the tilt of the earth. In Summer the earth is tilted towards the sun, so it appears to rise earlier and set later.
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Why do summer feel shorter than winter?
It should not. Summer has longer periods of sunlight. Winter has longer nights. Maybe its time to move out of Siberia.
When are the solstices and the equinoxes?
Equinoxes are when there are twelve hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The autumnal equinox is on September 21st on average, and the vernal equinox is on March 21st on average. You can tell that the seasons have changed and the equinoxes and solstices have occured because the amount of sunlight changes and temperatures also change. Solstices are when there is either the shortest or longest amount of daylight. The summer solstice is when there is the longest amount of daylight. After the summer solstice, days begin to slowly get shorter until the autumnal equinox. The winter solstice is when there is the shortest amount of daylight. After the winter solstice the days get longer until you reach the vernal equinox.
Why does daylight get shorter in the winter?
In the Northern Hemisphere daylight gets shorter in the winter. This is because the earth is tilted and in winter the sun takes a shorter amount of time for it to cross the sky resulting in shorter days. In summer, the earth is tilted more towards the sun and the path for it to cross is longer.
Do days get longer after winter solstice?
Days got longer in Summer time of the respective hemisphere. In Northern Hemisphere, the summer will be from April to August with 22th June will be the longest day. While in the Southern, it will be from October to January with 22th December the longest day. For the shorter days, it the opposite...
What is the definition for duration of insolation?
How long it is daylight. In the summer, it's longer than in the winter.The period of time that a surface receives solar energy. The number of daylight hours.
What is the difference between the length of daylight in the summer verses in the winter?
the daylight time is longer in the summer and shorter in the winter
What is the sixth hour of the Jewish day?
The daylight hours are divided in 12. Thus, each hour is shorter than 60 minutes in the winter when the daylight hours are shorter and longer in the summer when daylight hours are longer. These hours are called "Sha'ot Zemaniot". The 6th hour is noon and it corresponds to 6 "Sha'ot Zemaniot" after sunrise.
The first days of summer and winter called solstices?
winter has the shortest amount of daylight and summer has the greatest amount of daylight./
Is it possible for summer time to you shorter then winter days?
This is not the clearest question I've ever seen, but if you mean "is it possible for daylight on a summer day to be a shorter length of time than daylight on a winter day", then no, it's not possible.
What night I longer winter or summer?
The summer nights are shorter while the winter nights are longer.
When are the daylight hours shortest?
In winter, you go south to get longer days. In summer, going north yields longer days.
How long are the days in each hemisphere?
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What causes us to have longer days in the summer and shorter days in the winter?
Well the days are actually the same amount of time but the sunlight is only out in the winter for a shorter time because the earth has rotated.
Compared to the summer shadows in the winter in the northern hemisphere are generally longer or shorter?
The shadows in the Northern Hemisphere are generally longer in the winter than in the summer. Therefore in the summer the shadows are shorter because the sun is more vertical.
Will the northern hemisphere have daylight?
The northern hemisphere will have daylight due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. As the Earth revolves around the Sun, different parts of the hemisphere receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year. This results in longer daylight hours during summer and shorter daylight hours during winter in the northern hemisphere.
How does the length of daylight in New York State change from summer to fall?
it gets shorter
Daylight time is shorter in the winter than the summer because?
because their is a difference its lighter in the day and darker at night
